Equity Estate appoints Rob de Groot as Director Management Services

6-3, 2017

Equity Estate, specialist in Asset Management and Management Services in real estate, appointed Rob de Groot(49) as Director Management Services. De Groot has build a strong and positive track record in management services at ABN AMRO Trust Company and most recently at TMF Netherlands, where he worked as Team Leader Accounting. Within Equity Estate De Groot is responsible for all management services activities and will take directorship for real estate investors that choose domiciliation in the Netherlands for their property companies. He will report his activities to the board of Equity Estate, formed by Enrico van Erkelens (CEO) and Nard Schuddebeurs (COO).

Enrico van Erkelens, CEO Equity Estate, says about the appointment of De Groot
“Investments in direct real estate in the Netherlands are tremendously popular. For foreign investors and private equity firms a well thought out portfolio and efficient and careful management of the properties are important for optimal efficiency. That requires specific knowledge of the local real estate market and knowledge of financial constructions and tax law to make sure investments correspond with the needs and aspirations of investors. We are fully organised around this service: we have been in real estate for 20 years, have a solid structure for controlling and reporting, are in possession of the Dutch Supervision of Trust Offices Act license (Wtt) and are supervised by the Dutch Central Bank. Rob’s strong track record in the field of accounting, company management and fiduciary management, in combination with our thorough knowledge of the real estate market offers us the opportunity to expand our management services activities to clients of which we are not the asset management partner.”

Background Rob de Groot
De Groot has an accounting background and did various studies in the field of international tax law and a Master Trust Officer course. From 1987 to 2005, he worked in various positions at ABN AMRO, including 10 years as Senior Client Relationship Manager at ABN AMRO Trust Company (Netherlands) BV. Over the past 10 years De Groot worked for TMF Netherlands BV where he was responsible for the Accounting Team (about 300 companies), setting up the VAT compliance department and the Banking Team. In addition, he was personally active as statutory director at Dutch entities of international organisations in the banking industry, telecommunications and real estate.